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Braid was the most overrated indie game ever and that’s saying a lot considering most indie games are overrated.

Braid is Super Mario Bros. only with terrible gameplay mechanics by comparison. It had some silly high-brow story though so people pretended it was a lot better than it was. That’s not how you design a game. Gameplay comes first, story comes second.

Looking though these comments so far, I can see you’ve already gotten some similar questions, haha, but I was curious if you’ve ever played Cave Story, Mike. If you’re looking for really retro-esque indy games, there are few that compare, and the best part is that the original PC version is completely free.

Anyway, I really enjoyed that review, and now I’m kinda curious about trying the game out. It’s too bad I don’t really have an Xbox 360 handy.

Mike, you should just start a short series on indie games. I know you and James are not much into modern games, but the “retro craze” that has been going on with indie developers the past few years has spawned some really stellar stuff in the old 8/16 bit style that I think you guys would love, and your audience would enjoy seeing reviewed in the unique Mike style.

Looks like Polytron will be getting a few extra sales thanks to you Mike 🙂 After watching, I downloaded the Free Demo, then about 5 minutes later bought the full version. Your review was spot on – this game is awesome and totally brings back that retro/nostalgic feeling from when I was a kid.

I was a hardcore Super Meat Boy fan/player, got every last bandage and the A+ on every single level to 106% the game.

well done mike. it is one of the best examples where old dogs can learn new tricks. using 2D living beings in a more 3D world is something I have alwasy bee a fan of since it gives you that idea that this 2D world can be living breathing real world. when people use their nostalgic memories from the past as their tools of creating something new , you do get a sense of joy from experiencing it especially when the creators get very passionate about it.

say , maybe in the future you and/or james can look into playing some more bad games like Mortal Kombat Special Forces. I think it would also be fun to see you guys look intoi tv shows and movies that are all based on video games sicne there is a lot of examples of topics to discuss about. should be interesting to see how many tv shows & movies that were based on video games were either truly bad or surprisingly good.

I’ve gotten really super into indie games lately, and I’m very happy to see you reviewing one, Mike! I’d put this game out of my head for a long time because I heard the Fish guy that made it was a dickmeister, but seeing your review makes me hongrey jack for a Steam version, dick or no dick. Seriously, this is one of the prettiest, weirdest looking indies I’ve seen, and I buy about every one I can afford.

I have to agree, it reminds me a lot of Super Paper Mario for the Wii with its 2D/3D shifts.
Seems like you guys passed on the Mario game, haven’t you, or why else should you be that excited about Fez?^^

@ Zecks – wow for you to even consider ROCKCOCK64’s review as a valid review just makes me wish you would crash into a tree going a buck 25. I’ve seen both reviews, and I downloaded and purchased the game yesterday. Mikes review is spot on – ROCKCOCK64’s review is complete and utter shit. Not one positive thing to say about the game or the developer. All he does is bitch and moan about what he calls a “gimmick” (the rotation…) and how this game doesn’t copy what other games do well. I for one am glad I bought this game, it’s super addicting, a blast to play when you’re blazed as fuck, and is an awesome change of pace from the typical Halo, COD, and other console type of games. Hell, when super meat boy came out I played that game religiously for about 4 months until I got every bandage and A+’d every last level. I can see myself already spending hours upon hours exploring the awesome levels in Fez.

Long story short. This indie game is one of a kind, brings back that nostalgic feeling, and is a absolute blast to play. So what if there is no real “challenge” or “enemies” to kill – it’s a different type of game. Stop fucking criticizing it for being so different. Games that are different are what makes them unique and fun to play. Oh, and yeah, as I’ve said to ROCKCOCK64’s – let’s see your game?? Do you have a game that you’ve made that I can review? No? Then stfu.

@Zecks – Okay, have fun being trapped in your little bubble of what you think good games are. I’m sure your a huge fan of just about every console game, but something that’s different from the norm, like Fez, it MUST be garbage, right? Go suck on ROCKCOCK64’s dick a little bit more you fucking queer.

You probably have a very short attention span, which is why you can’t indulge yourself into the awesome game that is Fez… that or you’re retarded.

Mike,if you liked FEZ you must absolutely get Mark of The Ninja (one of the best games games this year,hands down) and Dust: An Elisian Tail. You will be in 2D heaven,my friend. I’m not even remotely kidding.

Bad news… they payed MS to patch it once, and it broke things more, so they REVERTED. It is possible that if the game makes sufficient cash on the 360, they will release another patch that will fix issues, but, as it stands, from rumor, it cost them about 10K to release a patch on the XBLA system, and they couldn’t afford to try again.

Sort of weird that MS would take a patch, accept it, and then force a team to try again at full price to try to make the patches work, but then, not many indie games manage to pull of Minecraft levels of success.

If you like old school sense of wonder and discovery mixed with old school fair toughness play the Souls Series. Demon’s and Dark Souls really reminded me of old school games with their mystery, sense of discovery, level progression (ie memorizing levels like old school action games), and willingness to challenge and never hold your hand!

I agree with Sardaukar Prime and I would love to see Mike play and review Dust: An Elysian Tail because it is sort of a hack and slash metroidvania style game with easy controls and a gripping storyline.

I think he would put everything that makes that game awsome into great context.

Mike, you forgot the Tetris reference at 0:38 on the vid. Look at the walls 😉

I also recommend a freshly released documentary about Indie games and their companies. You get to follow Fez (Phil Fish), Super Meat Boy (Edmund and Tommy from Team Meat) and Braid (Jonathan Blow) with their successes, strugles and hard work.

I must admit, at first, I thought this could be a boring review. But I gave it a chance and you proved me wrong. I thoroughly enjoyed this Mike. You did a very good job of talking about the game on that fine line between under explaining and over explaining. That takes a certain amount of skill, and I found this very interesting and fun to watch. Great review and it looks like a great game. Good job Mike.

This game looks awesome. I hope it comes out for PS3 or Windows, though.

I reminds me of the indie game Knytt. You’re this wall-crawly little rodent creature that hast to find pieces of a spaceship so you can get back to your own planet. There are only a couple enemies too speak of and the music is ambient. Old-school graphics. I recommend it to anybody who likes that kind of game.

P.S.: Within a Deep Forest is awesome as well. Hard as fuck, but a great retro game. Unique gameplay. Kind of a cross between Marble Madness and Mega Man, I guess, kind of…

Fez is such a great game. One of the editors at Game Informer cracked me up writing about how he and his wife would play together, building up a notebook full of drawings and symbols that would look like a madman’s scribblings to anyone on the outside. I had the same thing going on.

Excellent review! I got the game at the release date since I had been anticipating it for a long time and it did not disappoint. The things you said about it giving you a sense of wounder much like older games gave us, I couldn’t agree more. In fact, I agree with everything in this review.

Watching this and hearing the music made me feel really nostalgic, even though the game was just released this year. It must have had a great impact on me. I even showed this game to my parents, much like a kid would have done. I’m 20 now, heh, guess this game must have made me feel like a kid again.

I never beat it past the normal ending because my save got corrupted due to a glitch. The glitch has been patched now, however save files already corrupt can’t be recovered.

I will have to brush up on this game this Christmas break ;D

Thanks for the show Mike!

P.S. Just some constructive criticism: I like it better like this, when you aren’t putting too much effort on trying to be funny or being annoyed with a specific part of the game. Much like you were in your Lord of The Rings review. It’s kind of like the Nerd’s thing. You are fully capable of doing your own thing. Though I guess it is possibly dependent on the game. This review was perfect!

Man this one is a very refreshing review. I am very glad that you Play fez . I’m a huge fan or arcade games, I found them very entertaining, beatiful and more fun to play with friends… Really Mike, I played red dead redemption or Mass effect on single player with friends but it gets bored . Of course those are awesome but let me explain. We play super meat boy or Limbo which of course are on single player, and we had a lot of fun with them only by watch the puzzles and everyone trying to solve them… By the way, i totally recomend you those two, and Double Dragon Neon and Castle crashers, if you wish to play with James or anyone 🙂

Nice job, Mike. This was one of your best reviews. I actually sort of forgot about this game after it initially came out and your review reminded me I’ve been meaning to play it. It turned out to be one of the best games I’ve ever played in my life and I’ve been gaming since before you were born. Did you get any of the Heart Cubes? There were a few puzzles in this game I simply couldn’t solve.

I love how some points that you make are based on “saving time” when video games are a pure waste of time, period. Don’t get me wrong I’ve always loved video games but I’ve also always known that they’re worse than masturbating. At least with masturbating you feel good at the end and can go to sleep.